Programs of Study

Graduate education at the University of Michigan is a shared enterprise. The Rackham Graduate School works together with faculty in the schools and colleges of the University to provide more than 180 graduate degree programs and to sustain a dynamic intellectual climate within which graduate students thrive.

Funding

The University of Michigan provides many sources of financial assistance to help students meet educational and living expenses. Whether you are a prospective student, a current student, a master’s or doctoral student, we want to make sure you know about the funding available for your graduate education.

Rackham Graduate School

Over 8,300 students are enrolled in Rackham degree programs taught and advised by faculty in graduate programs situated within 18 of the 19 schools and colleges across the Ann Arbor campus. Another 7,000 students are enrolled in graduate and professional degree programs administered separately by individual schools and colleges at U-M.

Qualifications of Instructor

See Course Approval Form: Instructor name/ Official Instructor Title

Rackham expects that the bulk of graduate level classes will be taught by tenured and tenure-track members of the faculty. However, departments may choose to support their curricula by offering a limited number of courses designed and/or taught by qualified adjunct members of the faculty.

Attracting and maintaining a highly qualified faculty is ensured through the University’s hiring, promotion, and tenure processes. Persons not on the tenure track, such as lecturers and instructors, cannot be assumed to meet the criteria used in these decisions. For example, their professional duties do not usually require them to conduct an independent research program. Therefore, using Lecturers, Instructors, or other adjunct or guest faculty to teach graduate level courses should be the exception rather than the rule.

Rackham Graduate School will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21. We will return at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 26. During the holiday, there will be no processing of application materials and no updates to your Wolverine Access account. After we reopen, there will be a delay in processing application materials. Thank you for your patience as we process the high volume of materials.